We work with public sector bodies and private sector contractors across the UK. Sharpe Pritchard has been appointed to a number of approved procurement panels.

The team advises on all standard form construction contracts, including JCT, NEC, GC/Works and FIDIC. We also advise on all ancillary documentation, including bonds, parent company guarantees and collateral warranties. In addition, we advise on standard form and bespoke professional team appointments and partnering agreements.

We also have a dedicated unit specialising in dispute resolution with a particular focus on adjudication. We are equally comfortable acting for the party referring an adjudication or responding to an adjudication and fully understand the different pressures involved in each. In addition, we advise on and guide our clients through mediation, litigation, expert determination and arbitration.

The construction team regularly lectures and runs training workshops on JCT and NEC contracts, procurement in the construction industry and PPP/PFI models.

Recent work

advising the London Borough of Brent on their primary school expansion programme;

working with Wakefield Council as advisors on a long-term procurement involving capital construction works, repair and maintenance as part of their strategic transformation project;

advising on a highly complex dispute regarding a major infrastructure contract, and successfully negotiating a settlement;

advising throughout the Clay Farm redevelopment for Cambridge City Council;

advising the London Borough of Southwark throughout the procurement on the socially important and demanding project of the Crossway Church development;

successfully defending the London Borough of Islington in a complex construction dispute regarding Ironmonger Row Baths;

advising the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on the redevelopment of a new academy building, leisure centre and public space;

being sole legal advisors to the London Borough of Southwark in relation to their primary school expansion programme worth £100 million;

providing strategic advice to the Royal Borough of Kinston Upon Thames on the structure of a procurement and all commercial matters in the borough’s estate.

What others say

“Justin Mendelle he is an exceptional lawyer with a razor sharp brain. He fitted into our team perfectly, worked extremely hard for the council and I am personally very grateful to him.” Jonathan Reuben, Project Lead

"Sharpe Pritchard’s enthusiastic, committed and experienced lawyers brought a commercial and practical approach to the project. They were a calming influence throughout and talked in a language that we and the contractors understood." Mark Revell, Strategic Procurement Manager